Yeah, I would too, but while this news of power efficiency is good, I want to see it actually out performing a 2600k first, mostly in gaming. If it can do that, then it will be hard for me to resist buying one.

Originally Posted by Evil Penguin;13785484
Honestly... It would be very sad if a high-end 8 core CPU couldn't beat a mainstream 4-core CPU. I mean... Doesn't BD kind of HAVE to outperform SB?

It's not that cut and dry. I have 0 doubt it will smoke the 2500k, and to a lesser extent, the 2600k in multithreaded apps, encoding, and the like. However, I believe it will be more of a sidegrade for gamers who already have SB processors. It's going to come down to what area consumers want to focus on and if the market is too saturated with SB for enough people to want to upgrade.

Originally Posted by Iceman23;13785514
It's not that cut and dry. I have 0 doubt it will smoke the 2500k, and to a lesser extent, the 2600k in multithreaded apps, encoding, and the like. However, I believe it will be more of a sidegrade for gamers who already have SB processors. It's going to come down to what area consumers want to focus on and if the market is too saturated with SB for enough people to want to upgrade.

I'd have to say this is true. Bulldozer would have to be a good bit faster in gaming for me to make the switch. Gaming is my #1 priority with this rig, the other stuff is secondary.